Stationery sheet holder



June 1955 L. K. FLEISCHMANN STATIONERY SHEET HOLDER Filed April 22, 1952INVENTOR: LESTER K. FLEISCHMANN BY:

FIE- 4 ATTORNE sz States Patent fiice 2,711,910 Patented June 28, 1955This invention relates to a device for positioning a stationery sheetwith continuous strip stationery and more particularly to a sheetholding device mounted on a carbon holder for continuous stripstationery.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a stationery sheetholder with a pocket for receiving and align- L ing the bottom edge of astationery sheet.

Another object is to provide a stationery sheetholder that may beattached to a carbon holder for use with continuous stationery.

A further object is to provide a holder that aligns a stationery sheet,such as a letterhead, with copy strips and interleaved carbon sheets sothat all of the sheets and strips may be fed in reverse direction abouta typewriter platen.

Carbon holders have been developed for usewith continuous stationery andthe holders align carbon sheets in interleaved relation with thestationery strips. After a set of forms, which may be printed or blank,have been typed or written upon, the holder with its attached carbonsheets are held while the next succeeding set of forms are drawnforwardly. Heretofore, copiesof correspondence were usually not made oncontinuous strips because the original letter is preferred to be aseparate sheet with smooth edges. The original forms of continuous-formstationery are usually divided by lines of weakening which leave aserrated edge when the forms are detached from the continuous strips.

The present invention provides a sheet holder for use withcontinuous-form stationery whereby a separate original sheet may betyped along with continuous-form copy sheets. In order that this beaccomplished in a typewriter, ti is desirable that the original sheet,such as a letterhead sheet, be reversely rotated about the typewriterplaten along with the continuous-form copy strips and interleaved carbonsheets. The sheet holder of the present invention is so constructed thatit may be readily secured to a carbon holder which is intended for usewith continuous-form stationery.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of acarbon holder with continuous-form stationery therein and the sheetholder of the present invention attached to the carbon holder; Fig. 2, afragmentary plan view of the carbon holder and continuous-formstationery of Fig. 1 having the sheet holder mounted thereon; Fig. 3, aview similar to Fig. 2 showing a stationery sheet in position in thesheet holder; Fig. 4, a fragmentary exploded sectional view through thecarbon holder, continuous-form stationery and sheet holder takensubstantially along line 4-4 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5, a fragmentaryexploded sectional view similar to Fig. 4 showing a stationery sheet inthe sheet holder and taken substantially along line 5--5 in Fig. 3.

The carbon holder is made of a flexible fabric material and as seen inFig. 1 has a rearward portion 6 with an opening 7 therein for threadablyreceiving a plurality of superposed stationery strips 8. The holder hasfolded marginal edges 9 which extend laterally beyond the width of thestationery and in the forward portion 10 of the holder these marginalportions are divided by stitching into a number of pockets 11-14. InFig. 1 these pockets are numbered 11-14 on the body of the holder.

The fabric carbon holder is intended to hold carbon sheets ininterleaved relation with strips of stationery 8.

A number of thin metal resilient blades 2123 are adapted to extendtransversely of the holder and have their end portions inserted in thepockets. In this manner the blades may hold a plurality of carbon sheetsSol-33 in interleaved relation with the strips of stationery 8. The topcarbon 31 is normally upwardly exposed since no stationery strip 8passes over this sheet. It is intended that the letterhead stationerysheet be placed over these carbon sheets so as to make copies on theunderlying continuousform copy stationery.

The stationery sheet holder is formed of an elongated strip of claycoated paper material having a rearwardly extending tail portion 41 anda forward or leading portion 42. As best seen in Figs. 4 and 5 theforward portion 42 is folded in Z-fashion to form a forwardly extendingpocket 43 for receiving and aligning the bottom edge of a letterheadsheet 44. The outer rearwardly extending fold is provided with a line ofstitching 45 which forms a loop adapted to receive the blade 24 threadedtherethrough.

' By securing the end portions of the blade 24 in the leadcarbons.

ing pockets 14 of the carbon holder, the sheet holder is in properposition for receiving a letterhead sheet 44 and positioning it over thecontinuous-form copy strips.

In using the sheet holder and the carbon holder of this invention, thestationery strips 8 are first threaded through the opening 7 in therearward portion of the carbon holder. Each strip is led over theleading portion of the holder and a blade carrying a carbon sheet isplaced in the pockets over the stationery strips so that the carbons areinterleaved with the copy strips. By placing blade 23 in the pockets 13,blade 22 in pockets 12 and so on, any one of the carbon sheets may bechanged by picking up all the strips and sheets above it so as to exposethe blade holding the particular carbon sheet, all without disturbingthe other It is desirable to place the sheet holder in the leadingpockets 14 so as to cover the blades holding the carbon sheets. Therearwardly extending tail portion of the sheet holder may be threaded inthe opening 7 in the carbon holder to maintain it aligned with thecontinuous-form stationery. Also by placing the sheet holder in theleading pair of pockets in the carbon holder, the top of the stationerysheet will be correctly aligned with the leading edge of the copystrips.

Once the assembled copy strips and sheet holder are passed around theplaten of a typewriter, a stationery sheet may be placed with its bottomedge in the pocket 43 as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, and then may bereversely moved around the platen to typing position. When the typingoperation is completed, the stationery sheet 44 may be removed and thecopy sheets pulled forwardly until the blocks 50 on the carbon holderstrike the carriage of the typewriter. By releasing the pressure againstthe platen, the copy strips may be pulled forwardly thus slipping thecarbon sheets rearwardly to the next set of forms in the continuous-formstationery. Another separate stationery sheet may be placed in thepocket 43 and the op eration repeated to type another original sheet andcontinuous-form copy sheets.

The foregoing description has been given for clearness of understandingonly, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, forsome modifications will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. A stationery sheet holder for use with a multiple carbon holderadapted to hold a plurality of carbon sheets in interleaved relationwith superposed strips of continuous-form stationery, comprising: anelongated sheet of material having a tail portion for alignment with thecontinuous-form stationery and a sheet-aligning leading portion forattachment to the carbon holder, said leading portion of the strip beingfolded upon itself in Z-fashion forming an elongated loop extendingtransversely of the strip and a free end portion extending forwardly ofthe loop, the loop and free end portion forming sides of a forwardlyextending open fold under the loop for receiving and aligning the bottomedge of a stationery sheet; and securing means in the loop on said stripand extending laterally from said =Z-fashion fold beyond the width ofthe stationery for attachment to the leading portion of the carbonholder so as to. hold the stationery sheet in super" posed relation tothe continuous-form stationery and interleaved carbon sheets.

2. In a multiple carbon holder provided with a flexible body havingtransversely aligned pockets to receive removable blades upon whichcarbon sheets may be held in interleaved relation with strips ofcontinuous-form stationery, a stationery sheet holder, comprising: anelongated sheet of material having a tail portion for alignment with thecontinuous-form stationery and a leading portion for attachment to thecarbon holder, said leading portion hav ing an elongated loop extendingtransversely of the sheet and a free end portion extending forwardly ofthe loop; a thin resilient blade threaded through the loop and havingprotruding end portions for placement in a pair of pockets in the carbonholder with a stationery sheet-aligning fold formed in the sheet betweenthe loop and free end portion for receiving the bottom edge of astationery sheet placed therein, said fold retaining the separatestationery sheet in superposed relation to the continuous-formstationery for typing purposes.

3. A multiple carbon and sheet holder for use in typing a separateoriginal sheet with continuous-form copy stationery, comprising: aflexible fabric body having a width greater than the stationery to betyped, said body having an enlarged opening in its rearward portion forthreadably receiving superposed strips of continuous copy stationery;marginal edge portions on the leading portion of the body being dividedinto transversely aligned pockets with aligned pairs of pockets beingspaced longitudinally of the body; a plurality of thin resilient bladesextending across the body with their end portions respectively removablyheld in pairs of said pockets for securing forwardly extending carbonsheets in interleaved relation with said copy stationery ledtherethrough; a sheet holder having an elongated tail portion threadablyreceived in the opening in the rearward portion of the body and aforward portion Z-fashion folded and stitched to form a loop; and ablade threaded in the loop for removably extending into a pair of saidpockets in the carbon holder, the forward portion of the sheet holderextending forwardly from the loop to form a transverse pocket forreceiving the bottom edge of a single original sheet placed insuperposed relation to the carbon and copy sheets.

4. A multiple carbon and sheet holder as specified in claim 3 whereinthe sheet holder blade is positioned in the leading pair of pockets inthe carbon holder so as to cover the underlying carbon and copy sheets.

5. A stationery sheet holder for use with a multiple carbon holderprovided with a flexible body having transversely aligned pockets toreceive a removable blade adapted to hold a carbon sheet in interleavedrelation with continuous-form stationery, comprising: a strip of sheetmaterial having a forward sheet-aligning portion for at tachment to thecarbon holder, said forward portion of the strip being folded uponitself in Z -fashion forming an elongated loop extending transversely ofthe sheet and a free end portion extending forwardly of the loop, saidloop and free end portion forming a forwardly extending open fold forreceiving and aligning the bottom edge of a forwardly extendingstationery sheet; and a thin resilient blade threaded through the loopand having protruding end portions for placement in a pair of saidpockets to secure the sheet holder to the leading portion of the carbonholder, said open fold retaining the stationery sheet in superposedrelation to the continuous-form stationery for typing purposes.

Refercnces Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,244,819 Wyrick June 10, 1941 2,270,733 Kerr Jan. 20, 1942 2,496,600Schaefer Feb. 7, 1950 2,527,764 Reid Oct. 31, 1950

